Richardson A. Scurry

Richardson A. Scurry (November 11, 1811, Gallatin, Tennessee – April 9, 1862, Hempstead, Texas) was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, fighting at the Battle of San Jacinto, and later, a lawyer, a judge and an Associate Justice of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court.

He died of complications from having his foot amputated, which was made necessary after he shot himself in the foot during a hunting trip in August 1854.

  • United States Congress. "Richardson A. Scurry (id: S000207)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Richardson A. Scurry from the Handbook of Texas Online
Political offices
Preceded by
Nicholas Henry Darnell		 Speaker of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives
1844		 Succeeded by
John M. Lewis
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
David S. Kaufman		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 1st congressional district
1851–1853		 Succeeded by
George W. Smyth



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